ATM repairman who worked for Diebold accused of swapping $200K in fake bills for cash

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64-year-old Samuel Kioskl of San Francisco, who services ATMs for Bank of America as an employee of Diebold, has been charged with swapping $200,000 in fake bills for real cash at machines.

Last July, Kioskli went to six BofA branches in San Francisco and one in Daly City, and made off with about $200,000 by swapping out the cash in the machine trays with counterfeit or photocopied $20 bills, according to San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.

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hrm, I’m guessing it wasn’t just BofA that he was hitting. Several months ago at a Wells Fargo ATM in the bay area in a group of twenties was a stamp booklet instead of a twenty (same size nearly the same weight a a twenty). I immediately reported it to the bank and got a refund. Glad he got caught

Yes, well, Diebold hires only the most reliable and trustworthy employees in the first place, which is why you can trust their trade-secreted unauditable election systems to count your votes correctly….